AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoOcean Science Policy: The NSF is pausing plans to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative, after bipartisan backlash led by Sen. Jeff Merkley and Sen. Lisa Murkowski—keeping hundreds of ocean sensors in place that track climate, marine life, and coastal hazards. Watershed & Water Planning: A Willamette River Basin symposium is reviving cross-agency collaboration to tackle warmer rivers, reduced snowpack, and competing water demands affecting salmon and steelhead. Clean Energy Courts: A judge restored $82.1M in cancelled DOE clean-energy grants, with restored funding including projects in Oregon. Agriculture Tech (OSU): OSU research is improving pest and disease management for Oregon orchards—new tools for flatheaded borers in hazelnuts and updated timelines for cherry X-disease spread. Food Access: OSU Extension’s Seed to Supper program is expanding beginner gardening training in Portland-area communities to boost fresh food access. Wildlife Monitoring: A first Birth-Alert-Tag deployment in a pregnant Caribbean reef shark marks a new step for shark conservation research with OSU involvement. Economy Oversight: Oregon’s Prosperity Council draft report says Business Oregon is underperforming on job creation, setting up a likely overhaul.
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